18 Boötis is a single[9] star in the northern constellation of Boötes,[8] located about 85 light years away from the Sun.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.41.[2] This object is a suspected member of the Ursa Major Moving Group, based on velocity criteria.[10] It has a magnitude 10.84 optical companion at an angular separation of 163.7″ along a position angle of 219°, as of 2010.[11]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 19m 16.27966s[1] |
| Declination | +13° 00′ 15.4859″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.41[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F3 V[3] |
| B−V color index | 0.385±0.011[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −0.40±0.7[2] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +105.273[1] mas/yr Dec.: −31.389[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 38.1262 ± 0.1323 mas[1] |
| Distance | 85.5 ± 0.3 ly (26.23 ± 0.09 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.33[2] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.31[4] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.4[5] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 3.90[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.30[4] cgs |
| Temperature | 6,731±229[4] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.03±0.04[6] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 40.5±2.0[7] km/s |
| Age | 1.154[4] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F3 V.[3] Older surveys gave a class of F5 IV,[12] showing the luminosity class of a subgiant star. It shows strong evidence for short-term chromospheric variability, although it is not optically variable.[13]
18 Boötis is an estimated 1.15[4] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 40.5 km/s.[7] It has 1.3[4] times the mass of the Sun and 1.4[5] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 3.9[2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,731 K.[4] An infrared excess has been detected that suggests a cold debris disk is orbiting 34.9 AU from the host star with a blackbody temperature fit of 65 K.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c Cotten, Tara H.; Song, Inseok (July 2016), "A Comprehensive Census of Nearby Infrared Excess Stars", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 225 (1): 24, arXiv:1606.01134, Bibcode:2016ApJS..225...15C, doi:10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/15, S2CID 118438871, 15.
- ^ Gáspár, András; et al. (2016), "The Correlation between Metallicity and Debris Disk Mass", The Astrophysical Journal, 826 (2): 171, arXiv:1604.07403, Bibcode:2016ApJ...826..171G, doi:10.3847/0004-637x/826/2/171, S2CID 119241004.
- ^ a b Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 542: A116, arXiv:1204.2459, Bibcode:2012A&A...542A.116A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, S2CID 53666672.
- ^ a b "18 Boo". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
- ^ Nakajima, Tadashi; Morino, Jun-Ichi (2012), "Potential Members of Stellar Kinematic Groups within 30 pc of the Sun", The Astronomical Journal, 143 (1): 2, Bibcode:2012AJ....143....2N, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/143/1/2.
- ^ Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920, retrieved 2015-07-22.
- ^ Eggen, O. J. (1962), "Space-velocity vectors for 3483 stars with proper motion and radial velocity", Royal Observatory Bulletin, 51: 79, Bibcode:1962RGOB...51...79E.
- ^ Rachford, Brian L.; Foight, Dillon R. (June 2009), "Chromospheric Variability in Early F-Type Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 698 (1): 786–802, arXiv:0904.1620, Bibcode:2009ApJ...698..786R, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/698/1/786, S2CID 693296.